The First Scene was recorded between 2017 and 2018 and was difficult to prepare due to Yuri's tight schedule with her acting career, reality TV filming and various activities with her group, Girls' Generation.

[2] In January 2018, after the release of her single "Always Find You" featuring DJ Raiden, Yuri addressed her fans' requests for a solo album on the SBS Power FM radio show Park So Hyun's Love Game and stated that "the timing wasn't right" but she's "always thinking about it and preparing for it".

[3] On September 20, it was reported that the singer was planning on making her solo debut, 11 years into her career, through the release of an album which was subsequently confirmed by a source from her label SM Entertainment.

[4][5] On September 27, SM Entertainment posted a series of teasers for the album on their official SNS accounts, which Forbes stated exuded "confident sensuality" that would have been unthinkable years ago when the group's "brand of peppy girlishness was at its peak".

[7] Yuri appeared as a guest on the October 3, 2018 episode of the MBC variety show Weekly Idol where she discussed her upcoming debut album and performed a snippet of her song.